StoryCorps – Stories from people of all backgrounds and beliefs
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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”
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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”
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“My parents were afraid this might be contagious.”
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“My parents were afraid this might be contagious.”
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“I didn’t know Mike Brown, but I knew how it felt to watch somebody die.”
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“I didn’t know Mike Brown, but I knew how it felt to watch somebody die.”
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"I remember just getting on my back and floating. And the next thing I remember, the EMTs were pulling me up on a boat."
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"I remember just getting on my back and floating. And the next thing I remember, the EMTs were pulling me up on a boat."
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Class Is in Session

Get into an educational mindset with the stories about meaningful school experiences.

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Lessons Learned
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Lessons Learned
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"As if high school is not hard enough..."

"As if high school is not hard enough..."
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"In my old school, I never went to class."

"In my old school, I never went to class."
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"The Betsy Ross story intrigued me."

"The Betsy Ross story intrigued me."

Back-to-School Lessons

Animations for reflection and conversation among parents, students, and educators.

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The Golden Rule
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The Drill
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StoryCorps Historias

Learn about our national initiative to record the diverse stories of Latina/Latino people in the United States.

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Mi Abuela Panchita

Mi Abuela Panchita

A San Antonio bishop believes he is his family’s dispenser of spiritual wisdom, until he is reminded by his aging abuelita that there are some things only our elders can truly grasp.
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Making It

Making It

Nineteen-year-old Noe Rueda tells his former teacher, Alex Fernandez, about his clever money-making endeavors as a kid in Chicago's Little Village.
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"Tell me about your childhood in Mexico."

"Tell me about your childhood in Mexico."

A father tells his daughter about growing up in Tijuana, Mexico, after his parents left to find work in the U.S., and the day he was reunited with them.
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“I remember feeding him; watching him close his eyes with each spoonful.”
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“I remember feeding him; watching him close his eyes with each spoonful.”

Sisters Estela and Candi Reyes remember the passing of their father, Juan Reyes.
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